More sites with Napoleon connections
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Dymchurch Martello Tower, Kent
This is one of a chain of ingeniously designed artillery towers built around the south and east coasts of England from 1805 to protect against the threat of invasion by Napoleon.
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Portchester Castle, Hampshire
From Roman fortress and medieval castle to Napoleonic prisoner of war camp
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Western Heights, Kent
A huge fortification begun during the Napoleonic Wars and completed in the 1860s, designed to protect Dover from French invasion. Only the moat can be visited.